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EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN. 



Fig. 82 (75.) 



Bulbous Buttercup. Ranunculus bulbosus 

 L. Erect, hairy, perennial, 30 cm. high, from 

 a bulb-like base; lower leaves three-divided, 

 each three-parted, three-cleft and toothed; 

 flowers shining, bright yellow, about 2 cm. 

 broad. Very common in meadows in New 

 England, slowly spreading in Michigan. 



Fig. 83 (76). 



Creeping Buttercup. Ranunculus repcns 

 L. Usually hairy, perennial, spreading by the 

 rooting branches encroaching on grasses in 

 meadows or lawns; leaves three-divided and 

 variously cleft; flowers yellow, 2-2.6 cm. broad; 

 seldom fruiting or fruiting sparingly. Intro- 

 duced from Europe, perhaps indigenous in the 

 west. 



